Curtain-pole and shade bracket



Sept. 9 1924.

W. HARTLEY CURTAIN POLE AND SHADE BRACKET 'Filed Feb. 14, 1923 A INVENTOR.k l/o. Hal-rile] ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 9? 1924.

WILLIAM Haaren?, ornLwoon, NDIANA,

To all whom traag concern.' Beit known that I, VI'L'LAM HAn'rLEY,'a citizen of the United States,y residingat Elwood, in the county of Madison and lState of Indiana, have invented certain lnew and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole and Shane Brackets el whichithe. followngjis a specification, reference being vhad to the accompanying drawings. t c

This in'i`feI'1tionl relates tojcertain nen1 and useful improvements' in curtain pole and shade b rack'ets',and has particular reference to improved meansfor mounting supporting members of a shade roller 'so that'th'ey may be readily adjusted different distances apartand are 'effectively retainedl adjusted by engagementiof the shade roller with the supporting members, whereby shade rollers of 'differing lengths may be" readily accommodated. U v Another object ofthe in'ei'ition is to provide a shade bracket embodying af base plate adaptedl to' be secured"` against p the outer tace 'of a windowtram'e in the usual manner hi'avingllf' novel means for "re mevably supporting conventional forms' of single vor' double curtain pole supporting brackets, asde'sired."

Other objects will appear 'as the nature of the invention is better 'understood and the same 'consists in 'the novel tfori'n, combin'ation and/arrangement of parts here inafter more fully` described, shown inthe accompanying" drawings 'and claims.

In the drawings, 'wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views: t

Fi'gure l isa front elevational view showing a vpair 'of .brackets constmcted in accordancewith the present invention operatively supporting a shade roller and a pair of single''curtain`` pole supporting bracl'rets';

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the left hand bracketi shown in Figure 1,n and illustrating by'dotted 'lines a double form of curtain `polefsupporting bracket 'in positionto be supported by the bracket of the present invention; y

Figure' 3 is a vertical sectional view on line of vFigure 2; and

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Figure 4 ,isa horizontal sectional view on line 4-t`of Figure.l j y Y Referring more inidetail tothe drawings, the inventi-onconsistsof a p'airof brackets 'of right and left hand form, -for employ-A ment at the corresponding ends of the shade roller andr curtain pole, bothV Of Which brackets` with the exception ofbeing of jre verse formation, arey of identical l construction so that a detailed description of one will 'sulice l 'The invention embodies base plate of any desired ornamental form and constrncted lof sheet or castl metalr Vwith Aopenf ings 6y for the reception ofI screws or the like, whereby the plate l, is irxnly Jfastenedr flatly ragainst the window frame in the usual position. i

n The `plate elongated slot 7 in its lower portiomthe walls of which converge outwardly, land one end, of which (is enlarged as at for apurpose which will presently becomefapparent. The plate 5 ispro-vided with transverse vertically arranged notches 9 at Yeach. side of the slot Z so as .to forinupper and lower horizontal racks. A shade roller supports ing member lOuis associated with each plate 5, and embodies .the usual (,)Vpiititstanding` plate formed at its outer end theusual wayfor the reception .of the pintlelot the shade roller, but having its inner' end reducedso asto provide 'a ldove-tailed lugfll of. a form and size Lto looselymove the [slot: 7 for ret'aining'the shade roller supporting ,meme ber attachedto the plate 5, but permitting 'is 'provided with s; horiz-Baai adjustment of said'y shade roller supporting member" in horizontal.directior'i whereby the 'shade roller supporting members of two brackets mayv be adjusted the .desired distance apart for accommodating 'shade rollers of differing" lengths. The enlarged portion 8 at the "inner v'en'd of the sloti's'o such'size as'to' freely admit the lug of the shade roller supporting member or to permit detach` ment of the latter in caserenewalI of'the same is'desired; ,The inner? end of lthe shade roller 'supportingmember is beveled as A'at l2 so that this member `rcap'able 'of being tilted' 'n -ahorizontal plane,V and the transverse teeth 13 are provided upon this end of the supporting member at the outer side of the same in a position to project inwardly for engagement with the racks when the shade roller supporting member is posi tioned perpendicularljv to the base plate 5 and to be released from said racks when the roller supporting member is tilted inwardlyc ln this way it will be seen that an effective means is provided for holding the roller supporting member when adjusted, which eans may be readily released when a change of adjustment isidesired and which change ot adjustment may be readily obtained by sliding the 'roller supporting member in a desired direction.

` rllhe base plate 5 is provided with a relatively wide recess 13at in its outer surface and above the horizontal slot in which the shade roller supporting member is mounted. The plate 5 is provided with a pair ot oppo sitely extending inwardly directed lugs 14 which are in spaced relation to and overlie the, bottom of the recess 13a so as to form guideways between these lugs and the plate 5 into which may be slid the conventional type ot double curtain pole supporting bracket 15. These brackets embody a plate portion which is ordinarily fastened directly to the window trame but which is removi ably slid downwardly into the recess 13a when employed with the present form of bracket and which is' provided with upwardly projecting` pins 16 adapt-ed to enter pertorations in the ends of the curtain rods in the usual well known manner.

Ait a point between the recess 13a and the horizontal elongated slot, the plate 5 is pro* vided with a further recess 17 similar to the recess 13H' but ot narrower form, tor recep tion of single curtain pole supporting bracket of conventional Jform denoted by the numeral 18, The Oppositely extending lugs 19 are provided on the plate 5 so as to overlie the bottom of the recess 17 'For retaining the bracket 18 in place in the recess 17 into which said bracket is slid. it will thus be seen that a simple and efcient means is provided for removably supporting leither single or double curtain pole supporting brackets in the base plate of a shade roller supporting bracket.

. apart, as required for the particular length of shade roller which is to be mounted. The shade roller supporting members are then swung outwardly to a position wherein they lie perpendicular to the base plate 5, with their teeth engaging the racks for eiectively preventing separating movement of the shade roller supporting membersc Should it be found desirable to also employ the bracket for supporting a single curtain pole, the required single curtain pole bracket members 18 are slide into their recesses ll from the topF On the other hand, it a plurality of curtain poles are to be used, the double form ot bracket 15 is slid into each recess 13a from the top,

1n view of the foregoing it is believed that the construction and operation as well as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is l. In combination with a base plate car rying a shade roller supporting member and adapted tor attachment to a window frame, said base plate being formed with two recessesin its outer taceyone recess extendingdownwardly trom the upper edge of said plate and the other recess extending down wardly from the first mentioned recess, and retaining lugs at the side edges of the said recesses, the first named recess being adapted for the reception of a conventional curtain pole supporting bracket of the double type, and the last mentioned recess being adapted for the reception of a conventional curtain pole supporting bracket of the single type.

2. ln combination with a base plate carrying a shade roller supporting member and adapted for attachmentto a window Jframe, saidbase plate being formed with selec tively usable recesses of diierent sizes arranged in connnunicating relation and each adapted to receive a selected type of conven tional curtain pole supporting bracketn and lugs at opposite sides of each of the recesses projecting toward each other and over hanging the respective recess whereby to retain the curtain polevsupporting bracket in position.

3. ln combination with a base plate car ryinga shade roller supporting member and adapted `tor attachment to a window trame, said hase plate having a recess in its outer tace opening from the top of the base plate and adapted tor snug reception of the base plate portion ot a conventional curtain pole 1 face of. the base plate of the shade roller supporting bracket at the lower end of the first named recess, and lugs at opposite sides of the second recess projecting toward each other, and overhanging the bottom of said second recess to retain the base plate of a curtain pole supporting bracket in said recess except upon upward displacement of said curtain pole vsupporting bracket, kthe last named recess being of a relatively/nar row width for snug reception ofv the base plate of a conventional form of single curp tain pole supporting bracket.

` In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

WILL HARTLEY. p 

